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Nbv. 8,1927. 1,648,245 i E. A. RUDOLPH V MUSIC TOY Filed June 9 1926 V Patented Nov. 8, 1927.

ATENTOFFIICEZ.

vireo STATES" ERNST A. RUDOLPH,

or new YORK, 1v. Y.

MUSICAL roY.

Application filed June 9,

This invention relates to toys and more particularly to a device capable of emitting 'a musical sound.

One of the objects of the invention is to provide a wind instrument by which the call of a well known bird maybe reproduced.

Another object is in the provision of an appliance from which children may derive end piece 6.

much enjoyment and amusement. v A further aim is to provide a device having means whereby a. double intermittent tone may be produced. r

. A still further characteristic is in the provision of a toy having comparatively few and simple parts and which therefore'can be manufactured at a relatively low cost. 3

These several objects are accomplished by the novel construction, combination and arrangement of parts, hereinafter described and illustrated in the accompanying draw ing, forming a component of this disclosure,

and. in which:-

Figure 1 is a perspective view'of an embodiment of the device made in accordance with the invention.

Figure 2 1s a longitudinal sectional View.

taken through the center line thereof.

Y In the drawing, the numeral 5 designates a thin, flat, rectangular base having its edges rounded and finished to present a neat appearance. I

Fixed above and on the base 5, at one end,

by any preferred means, such as glue, is a rectangular end piece 6, of lesser width than, .the base andhaving centrally located there-f in, a cylindrical opening 7. I 7

Similarly secured, at the other endof the base 5, is a block 8 having'centrally located therein and extending therethrough approximately one-half of the thickness thereof, a horizontal and cylindrical recess 9, the inner extremity of which connects with a vertical opening 10, reaching to the lower end of an inclined plane 11 formed partially across the top of the block 8. The apex12 of the inclined plane extends to a height, lower than the flat top surface of the block 8, for a reason which will later becomeapparent.

Secured, by glue or any other ,similar' fastening means, tothe opposite sides of the block 8 and end piece 6, and resting on the base 5, is a pair of thin fiat side elements 17 the top edges of which are flush with the upper surfaces of the block 8 and the V Fixed over abrupt pufi's, and at the'same time, interthe tops of the block 8, end

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piece 6 and side elements 17 is a top member 13, having therein, at a point adjacent Y to the rearof the apex 12, a rectangular opening 14, cut at right angles to the longitudmal edges of the element 13, thewall, furthest from the apex 13, of which is bevil6led sharply at 15 to present a thin reed' In order that the device functions proping atthe openings 7 9-andf14.

In operation, air from the mouth of an operator, is blown through the opening 9 in the block 8.1, The air, so emitted, travels through the vertical opening 10,'between the" apex 12 and the top member 13, eventually coming into contact with the reed 16, there-f by vibrating. the same and causing the production of a musical tone.

By'covering the opening 7 in the end piece 6 with a finger of an operator, the'tone] produced will vary from the first sound.

By blowing into, the toy. in short and mittently. removing and replacing the finger over the opening 7, the effect thus procured,

. is that of the call of a cuckoo.

It may be seen from the foregoing, that a i V 1 .85

simple and efiicient device has been disclosed that is capable of affording much amusement to children, and which is cheaplyand easily I manufactured.

Although the foregoing is descriptive of the preferred embodiment of the invention, it will be apparent that minor changes may bemade in its construction, without theexercise of invention or conflicting with the scope of the claims hereto appended.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Let-' tersPatent, is a I p A, mimicking toy comprising a sound box, an integral blo ckclosing one end of said sound-box, said block being provided with a 109 cut-away'port-ion forming a plane inclined upwardly and forwardly, the apex of theplane being spaced from the top of the] sound box, the block also having an L-shaped I passage disposed centrally thereof and leading into the said secondary chamber, and a reed formed integrally with the top of the sound box and disposed forwardlyof the apex and of said secondary chamber.

In witness whereof I have atfixed my sigr 110 I ERNSTA. RUDOLPH."

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